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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Estonia	Sri Lanka	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	19,354	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	19,610	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	19,838	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	20,060	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	20,297	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	20,529	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	20,703	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	20,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	21,120	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	21,315	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	21,503	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	21,713	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	21,918	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	22,120	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	22,320	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	22,517	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	22,711	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	22,899	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	23,080	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	23,254	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	23,420	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	23,579	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	23,732	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	23,796	108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Estonia, Sri Lanka, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.